@simonthelwall.bsky.social
Training helps, but don't look at the 10 km distance
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Training helps, but don't look at the 10 km distance
Resting before a run can improve performance, but only up to a point
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Resting before a run can improve performance, but only up to a point
I've pulled the data and analyses into a quarto report here: simonthelwall.github.io/runner_repor...
The code for the report is here: github.com/simonthelwal...
Some highlights:
I've done a lot of running this year:
The code for the report is here: github.com/simonthelwal...
Some highlights:
I've done a lot of running this year:
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I've pulled the data and analyses into a quarto report here: simonthelwall.github.io/runner_repor...
The code for the report is here: github.com/simonthelwal...
Some highlights:
I've done a lot of running this year:
The code for the report is here: github.com/simonthelwal...
Some highlights:
I've done a lot of running this year:
I thought this was a self-set foxglove, but now I'm not so sure. Have I just carefully replanted a weed?
Anyone more botanical than me care to offer an opinion?
Anyone more botanical than me care to offer an opinion?
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I thought this was a self-set foxglove, but now I'm not so sure. Have I just carefully replanted a weed?
Anyone more botanical than me care to offer an opinion?
Anyone more botanical than me care to offer an opinion?
>400 km of running so far this year. Pleased with that - most I've ever run in a year.
Hoping to make it to >=500 km by end of December.
Hoping to make it to >=500 km by end of December.
October 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
>400 km of running so far this year. Pleased with that - most I've ever run in a year.
Hoping to make it to >=500 km by end of December.
Hoping to make it to >=500 km by end of December.
work-in-progress of my rStrava-based Shiny dashboard.
Really quite pleased.
Really quite pleased.
October 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
work-in-progress of my rStrava-based Shiny dashboard.
Really quite pleased.
Really quite pleased.
Nice clear morning meant I was able to get a quick shot of the moon. Quite pleased with this.
September 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Nice clear morning meant I was able to get a quick shot of the moon. Quite pleased with this.
Had a great day climbing earlier in the week. Seconded up The Crack (HS, 4c). Lead it next time. Maybe.
August 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Had a great day climbing earlier in the week. Seconded up The Crack (HS, 4c). Lead it next time. Maybe.
Tryfan looking glorious. Day 2 of a two-day scrambling course.
August 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Tryfan looking glorious. Day 2 of a two-day scrambling course.
Ok Wales, you're growing on me. I mean, you're not the peak district, but this is a bit special.
August 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ok Wales, you're growing on me. I mean, you're not the peak district, but this is a bit special.
Cannon Stone
August 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Cannon Stone
Good morning Tryfan!
August 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Good morning Tryfan!
I can't draw a giraffe, so I drew a quizzical alien.
July 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I can't draw a giraffe, so I drew a quizzical alien.
Rainy family activity: "I can't draw x, so I drew a y".
I can't draw a dragon, so I drew a fire-breathing mouse with wings
I can't draw a dragon, so I drew a fire-breathing mouse with wings
July 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Rainy family activity: "I can't draw x, so I drew a y".
I can't draw a dragon, so I drew a fire-breathing mouse with wings
I can't draw a dragon, so I drew a fire-breathing mouse with wings
Future logistics park
July 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Future logistics park
Lovely way to spend a morning
June 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Lovely way to spend a morning
Great orangish moon this evening.
June 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Great orangish moon this evening.
Started tinkering with the rStrava package and it's a silly amount of fun.
May 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Started tinkering with the rStrava package and it's a silly amount of fun.
Absolute deluge in London today
May 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Absolute deluge in London today
This rise isn't down to increased testing as the test positivity has remained stable as rates of c diff have risen. It also looks like it's not down to expansion of a new ribotype as no particular ribotype is increasing in the ribotyping data (see report, fig10)
So, what is driving the rise?
So, what is driving the rise?
May 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This rise isn't down to increased testing as the test positivity has remained stable as rates of c diff have risen. It also looks like it's not down to expansion of a new ribotype as no particular ribotype is increasing in the ribotyping data (see report, fig10)
So, what is driving the rise?
So, what is driving the rise?
Fig 2 is the worrying one and shows the percentage rise in cases since 2012.
May 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Fig 2 is the worrying one and shows the percentage rise in cases since 2012.
Great light on the irises this evening
May 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Great light on the irises this evening
This is how we scone when we Granny Tea
April 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is how we scone when we Granny Tea
This is how we sandwich when we Granny Tea.
April 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is how we sandwich when we Granny Tea.